Pleased to Meet Me

Pleased to Meet Me is the fifth full-length album by The Replacements. It was released on July 7, 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album to some degree maintains the style of the previous album, and major label debut, Tim. While the punk roots of the group were still apparent on Tim, by Pleased to Meet Me they were there more in spirit as the band delved into other genres, such as soul and cocktail jazz, alongside tracks featuring their customary hard rocking sound. Perhaps due to the album's recording in soul music center Memphis, Tennessee or the influence of producer Jim Dickinson, the band augmented its sound with saxophone on the tracks "I Don't Know" and "Nightclub Jitters" and with a horn section on "Can't Hardly Wait" (which...